Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the public should never forgive the Tories for the economic turmoil unleashed since Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.
In his keynote speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, he told activists that Liz Truss’s Government had crashed the economy to offer tax cuts for the richest 1% in society.
He said they had left a “Britain all at sea, where a cloud of anxiety hangs over working people”.
The Labour leader said: “At moments of uncertainty like this we must provide clear leadership.
“We must stand with working people. Meet their ambitions for real change. Walk towards a better future and build a new Britain, together.”
He said “we can’t go on like this” after the developments since Friday’s financial statement by the Chancellor.
“The Government has lost control of the British economy – and for what? They’ve crashed the pound – and for what?
“Higher interest rates. Higher inflation. Higher borrowing. And for what?
“Not for you. Not for working people. For tax cuts for the richest 1% in our society.
“Don’t forget. Don’t forgive.”
